The best movies 1896 Pagina 20

The film reproduces a magic act Méliès performed at his Paris theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Conjuring...

A look at a public square in Paris.

Part of a series of military views produced by Eugène Pirou

Parade of dragoons followed by several horse-drawn carriages.

"A company of little darkies showing off their paces to the music of the banjo."

A man teaches a woman to ride a bycicle. Shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

A man performs a balancing act with a ball and a pair of sticks.

Panorama of boats moored in the basin.

Pedestrian and cart traffic in front of the Toledo Gate.

This is just at the title suggests. it's the McKinley and Hobart Parade at Canton

Bains sur le Rhône short film from 1896 by Louis Lumière.

Boules game in Lyon

Native Mexican people grouped in front of the camera.

Georges Méliès lost film.

Comic short featuring soldier characters. Shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

This scene of an African-American woman vigorously scrubbing a black baby was immensely popular with early audiences, and was featured on...

Pedestrian and vehicle traffic on the bridge.

A barber's customer is not accustomed to the blade. Luckily, the coiffeur has a modern solution.

A tramp steals a housewife's pie, and is pursued by her bulldog, which latches onto his rear as he scrambles over a fence.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.